download

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English

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Etymology

down +‎ load

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

download (plural downloads)

1. A file transfer to the local computer, especially one in progress.

   The download took longer than I expected.

2. A file that has been, or will be transferred in this way.

   I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.

Derived terms

• DL , dl , d/l , D/L (abbreviation)

Antonyms

• upload

Translations

file transfer to the local computer

Arabic: تنزيل (ar) (tanziil) m., تحميل (ar) (taHmiil) m., داونلود (ar) (daunluud) m. Bengali: ডাউনলোড (bn) Catalan: descàrrega Chinese: Mandarin: 下載 (cmn), 下载 (cmn) (xiàzǎi) Croatian: preuzimanje, skidanje Czech: stažení (cs) n. Dutch: download (nl) m. Finnish: lataus (fi), imurointi (fi) (slang) French: téléchargement (fr) m. German: Download (de) m., Herunterladen (de) n. Greek: καταφόρτωση (el) (katafórtosi) f. Hebrew: הורדה (he) (horada) f. Hindi: डाउनलोड (hi) (ḍā'unloḍ) Hungarian: letöltés (hu) Indonesian: unduh (id) Irish: íoslódáil (ga) f.

Italian: download (it) m., scaricamento (it) m. Japanese: ダウンロード (ja) (daunrōdo) Korean: 다운로드 (ko) (daunrodeu), 내려받기 (ko) (naelyeobadgi) Luxembourgish: Download (lb) m., Eroflueden (lb) n. Macedonian: преземање (mk) (prezémanje) n., симнување (mk) (simnúvanje) n. Persian: دانلود (fa) Portuguese: download (pt) m. Romanian: descărcare (ro) f. Russian: скачивание (ru) (skáčivanije) n., скачка (ru) (skáčka) f. Spanish: descarga (es) f., transferencia directa (es) f. Sundanese: unjal (su) Swedish: nedladdning (sv) c., nerladdning (sv) c. Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (th) (daao-lòht) Vietnamese: sự tải xuống (vi), sự truyền xuống (vi), sự nạp xuống (vi), sự viễn nạp (vi)

Verb

download (third-person singular simple present downloads, present participle downloading, simple past and past participle downloaded)

1. (transitive) To transfer (computer data, especially as one or more files) from a remote computer (server) to a local computer, usually via a network.

   You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version.

2. (transitive, nonstandard) upload; to copy a file from a local computer to a remote computer via a network.
3. (transitive, nonstandard) to transfer a file to or from removable media.

   I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM

4. (transitive, nonstandard) to install software.

Synonyms

• copy
• move
• take
• transfer
• DL , dl , d/l , D/L (abbreviation)

Antonyms

• upload

Derived terms

• downloader

Translations

to transfer data from a remote computer to a local one

Arabic: حمل (ar) (Hammala), نزل (ar) (nazzala) Bengali: ডাউনলোড করা (bn) Bulgarian: свалям (bg) Catalan: baixar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 下載 (cmn), 下载 (cmn) (xiàzǎi) Croatian: preuzeti (hr), skinuti (hr) Czech: stáhnout (cs) Danish: nedlagre (da) Dutch: downloaden (nl) Esperanto: elŝuti (eo) Finnish: ladata, imuroida (slang), imuttaa (slang) French: télécharger (fr) German: herunterladen (de), downloaden (de) Greek: καταφορτώνω (el) (katafortóno) Hebrew: הוריד (he) (horíd) Hungarian: letölt (hu) Icelandic: hlaða niður (is), niðurhala (is), downloada (is) Irish: íoslódáil (ga)

Italian: scaricare (it) Japanese: ダウンロードする (ja) (daunrōdo-suru) Khmer: ទាញយក (km) (tieñ yɔɔk) Korean: 다운로드하다 (ko) (daunrodeu-hada) Luxembourgish: eroflueden (lb), roflueden (lb), downloaden (lb), erofsuckelen (lb) Macedonian: презема (mk) (prézema), симнува (mk) (símnuva) Polish: ściągać (pl), ściągnąć (pl) Portuguese: descarregar (pt), baixar (pt) (Brazil) Romanian: descărca (ro) Russian: скачать (ru) (skačát') pf., скачивать (ru) (skáčivat') impf., качать (ru) (kačát') impf. Scottish Gaelic: luchdaich a-nuas (gd) Spanish: descargar (es), bajar (es) Swedish: ladda ner (sv), ladda hem (sv), tanka ner (sv), tanka hem (sv), tanka (sv), dra ner (sv), dra hem (sv), ta hem (sv), plocka hem (sv) Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (th) (daao-lòht) Turkish: indirmek (tr) Vietnamese: tải xuống (vi), nạp xuống (vi), viễn nạp (vi)

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Catalan: descarregar Korean: 다운로드하다 (daunlodeu-hada), 내려받다 (naeryeobatda)

Romanian: descărca

Anagrams

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Dutch

Noun

download m.

1. A download.

Related terms

• downloaden

Verb

download

1. first-person singular present indicative of downloaden.
2. imperative of downloaden.

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Italian

Noun

download m. inv.

1. (computing) download